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I don't think Biden would have stomached that. Throughout the process he was not willing to be a bullet magnet.
He already kinda stomached it when he chose her to be his VP, even though she was quite nasty to him during one of the primary debates. After he chose to drop out and give her the nom... he can't really do much, he doesn't have the power to control her campaign messaging. I guess he could publically come out and torpedo her back but I just don't see him doing that, especially the 82 year old Biden we saw at the end of the campaign.
Most of the reporting from inside the Biden-verse indicated that he only dropped out begrudgingly and with guarantees of personal protection.
The movers also aren't necessarily Joe, whose next phase of life is death, it's the hangers-on and handlers who want to secure their own legacy and job security. Blinken and co. They don't want to be thrown under the bus either.
Cmon man, we've all been through the election just a year ago. There's a million rumors about how that went down and nothing is certain. Obviously Biden didn't want to leave, that's just human nature. But at the same time, no one can force him to abandon the nomination if he was really stubborn. You shouldn't treat rumors like "inside sources say theres a secret puppet master in the DNC who forced Biden out by threatening hin with a pee tape" as if they're a reliable fact. Biden might br in bad health, but he's still very much alive, and no one used the 25th amendment on him.
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